Dromkeen

Dromkeen, at Riddells Creek, just north of Melbourne Airport, is a wonderful homestead and owners Bernadatte and Tony are children’s literature champions. Last Saturday, Dromkeen held a Children’s Literature Festival and I was fortunate to be one of the...

Bits and bobs from a weekend not yet done.

Bits and bobs of a weekend Photos by Claire Saxby on a weekend of discovery and fun, including a David Hockney Exhibition The David Hockney Exhibition Starting with a selfie. So, perhaps we didn’t quite nail this one, but it was still fun. Loved the David...

In Footscray

I cross the bridgepull to a stopwait for the left turn arrownext to the international painted wallsof St Monica’sa woman stops, props nearly drops a box- it’s half her sizeadjusted, she takes a couple of stepsthen props againand again I think of offering...

Wild Pa

This is the face you make when a book you wrote, illustrated by a clever clogs like Connah (Brecon), and published by the wonderful team at Random House Kids is included on the CBCA Notable list for 2017.It feels pretty good.

Jaunt to Barwon Park Mansion

What a glorious day for a trip to the south west! A group of us ventured west to Barwon Park Mansion at Winchelsea to see a fabulous exhibition of frocks!The mansion is well worth a visit whether or not there are frocks to be seen, but having visited to see the...

A Melbourne outing

So, I got the day right.And the show Perhaps, I got the time wrong …So there we were in town, with a few hours up our sleeves.We had a leisurely lunch …… then we crashed a choir festival. Well, a collection of choirs really, as part of an annual...